Clinton B. Mathias

Biography

 Clinton Mathias received his B.Sc. in Microbiology and Biochemistry and M.Sc. in Microbiology from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, India. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Immunology) from the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. Prior to joining Western New England University, Dr. Mathias was an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct faculty member at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in the areas of mast cell biology, allergic inflammation, and asthma.

Research Interest

 IgE antibodies and mast cells play well-established roles in the development of food allergy. Our lab is interested in the mechanisms by which mast cells mediate food and airway allergic responses in vivo, and the dynamics of mast cell interactions with other immune cell types during the development of allergic responses. Present projects in the lab include studying the ability of dietary substances to modulate the allergic response, assessing the effects of epigenetic modifications on the development of allergy, and investigation of the role of immunoregulatory cytokines in the development of asthma and food allergy.